{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix =[[Khan Bahadur]] [[Maulvi]] |name= Jalaluddin Ahmad |native_name=জালালুদ্দীন আহমদ |native_name_lang=bn |image= |caption= |birth_date=1890 |birth_place=[[Harbang]], [[Cox's Bazar District|Cox's Bazar subdivision]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Bengal Presidency]] | office1 = Member of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947)|Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | term_start1 = 1937 | term_end1 = 1945 | constituency1 = [[Cox's Bazar District|Cox's Bazar]] | successor1 =[[Husne Ara Khan & Bazme Ara Begum]] |death_date={{death year and age|1958|1890}} |death_place=[[Dacca]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]] |resting_place=[[Azimpur, Dhaka|Azimpur Graveyard]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh |occupation=Landlord, lawyer, politician |party=[[Krishak Praja Party]] }} [[Khan Bahadur]] [[Maulvi]] '''Jalaluddin Ahmad''' ({{Langx|bn|জালালুদ্দীন আহমদ}}; 1890 – 1958) was a Bengali landlord, lawyer, jurist and politician. He was the former health minister of Bengal.
==Early life and family== Ahmad was born in 1890 to a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] ''[[zamindar]]'' family in the village of [[Harbang]] in [[Cox's Bazar District|Cox's Bazar subdivision]], [[Chittagong District]], [[Bengal Presidency]].
==Career== Ahmad was a prominent lawyer in the Chittagong district. He was known for his guiding principles and honesty. Ahmad could speak several languages proficiently including Bengali, [[Arabic]], [[Urdu]] and [[Farsi|Persian]]. He was awarded the title of [[Khan Bahadur]] by the British administration for his years of service to the community and for being a prominent landlord. He contested the [[1937 Indian provincial elections|1937 Bengal elections]] as a [[Krishak Praja Party]] candidate,<ref name="mukti">{{cite book |script-title=bn:মুক্তিসংগ্রামে কক্সবাজার : প্রসঙ্গ রাজনীতি |last=Azad |first=Kalam |year=2014 |publisher=Cox's Bazar Jela Prashasan |location=[[Cox's Bazar]] |pages=127–128 |isbn=978-984-91612-0-2 |language=bn}}</ref> and successfully became a member of the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly (1937—1947)|Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Bengal Legislative Assembly Proceedings (1939) |volume=54 |chapter=Alphabetical list of members |author=Government of Bengal |location=[[Alipore]]}}</ref> Ahmad became active in politics in the mid-1930s and was invited to join the cabinet of [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]]. He served as the health minister of [[Bengal]] under the Suhrawardy cabinet.<ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Annual Register, Volume 1 |page=2 |year=1944 |publisher=Annual Register Office |isbn= |oclc=}}</ref>
==Personal life== He was married to Nafisa Khatun and with her had two daughters, Husna Ara Khan and Bazme Ara Begum. Ahmed's grandson Abdul Muqtadir Khan (Babu) was the chairman of GEC (General Electric Company) Bangladesh and a chartered accountant from England and Wales. One of his other grandsons, A.M. Khan (Rokon) was a pharmacist, business man and social personality.
Among the great-grandsons, Mr. Khaled Ahamed Nur serves as the Chairman of Dhrubo Group, while Mr. Ahsanul Kabir, a Chartered Forensic Accountant and Chartered Management Consultant, is the Managing Director of Time Group (https://www.timenetworksltd.com/), Ms. Fareha Begum, serving as the Country Director of PFEC Global {{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
==Death== He died in 1958 in [[Dacca]], [[East Bengal]] and is buried at the Azimpur Graveyard.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
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